Coroner's Inquest

• Coroner’s inquest begins into death of man shot by police at Nanaimo ferry terminal

  RCMP officers shot 39-year-old Jerry Smallwood, also known as Jer Wood, multiple times after he got out of his vehicle and raised a gun outside the terminal in May 2018. 

  Crime

  Nov 12
  
• Saskatchewan appoints new chief coroner with Regina police background

  Wagner will begin his job on July 22, following former chief coroner Clive Weighill’s retirement in February, according to the province.

  Canada

  Jun 3
  
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• Coroner’s inquest called in fatal police shooting of man in Kawartha Lakes in 2021

  The SIU cleared a City of Kawartha Lakes OPP officer after determining a man first drew his rifle at the officer outside a residence on November 25, 2021.

  Crime

  Apr 24
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• Inquest hears B.C. hostage was lying on her captor before fatal shooting

  The first police officer to enter a room where a woman was being held hostage told a B.C. coroner's inquest that he saw her lying on a bed on top of her captor.

  Politics

  Apr 18
• Deadly hostage-taking: Inquest probes death of 2 shot by police during Surrey standoff

  Nona Marnie McEwan, 45, and Randy E. Crosson, 48, suffered fatal gunshot wounds when police breached a home in a cul de sac near 133 Street in Surrey on March 29, 2019.

  Crime

  Apr 16
• ‘They were coming to save us’: Inquest opens into deaths of two Quebec firefighters

  A coroner's inquest into the deaths of two volunteer Quebec firefighters who perished during a flood rescue last May in the Charlevoix region is underway.

  Canada

  Apr 15
• Coroner’s inquest to probe 2020 police shooting of Haliburton, Ont. man

  Leslie Hegedus, 73, died in hospital following a standoff with Haliburton Highlands OPP on July 15, 2020. The SIU say he first shot at officers while hiding in bushes at his home.

  Crime

  Mar 28
• Inquest scheduled for deaths of 2 during 2019 Surrey hostage-taking

  Police fatally shot Nona Marnie McEwan and Randy E. Crosson while responding to a hostage taking in Surrey in March 2019.

  Crime

  Mar 19
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• Inquest probes deaths of 4 inmates in Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, Ont.

  The March 18 joint inquest will examine the circumstances surrounding the deaths of four inmates between 2020 to 2022 who all died from drug toxicity.

  Crime

  Feb 29
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• Inquest into death of James Smith Cree Nation mass killer begins Monday

  A public inquest into the death of Myles Sanderson will be held by the Saskatchewan Coroners Service starting this Monday, Feb. 26.

  Crime

  Feb 25